Latest scams

18 March 2021

Details that show this is a scam:

• Specific dollar amount or refund
• The link points to non-Inland Revenue address

10 March 2021

Details that show this is a scam:

• Not from an Inland Revenue email address
• Includes a refund amount which we never do in an email
• There're typos
• There's a hyperlinked button to supposedly log in to myIR. We’d ask you to log in to myIR via ird.govt.nz.

25 February 2021

Details that show this is a scam:

• From a strange non-IR email address
• Specific dollar amount or refund
• The link points to non-Inland Revenue address

21 January 2021

Details that show this is a scam:

• From a strange non-IR email address
• Strangely worded
• Specific dollar amount or refund
• The link points to non-Inland Revenue address

23 October 2020

Details that show this is a scam:

• Request for credit card or debit card details - we will never ask for this in a refund e-mail.
• The link points to a non-Inland Revenue address.
• Includes a specific dollar amount of refund.
• Strangely worded – says it is a return reminder, but then mentions a refund amount.
• Notes a weird tax period and dates.

18 October 2020

Details that show that this is a scam:

• The e-mail comes from a strange address that doesn't contain ird.govt.nz.
• There is a dollar amount specified - we don't do this in a refund e-mail.
• The link does not go to an Inland Revenue address, even though it includes IRD. All of our links will start with ird.govt.nz
• The text is badly worded and there are extra spaces before and after punctuation
• The formatting of the e-mail is inconsistent - there are multiple different fonts used and the logo is very big.

4 June 2020

Details to remember about scams:

• We'll email you from an @ird.govt.nz or @ironline.ird.govt.nz address
• We'll never use x's in place of your actual IRD number in an email to you
• We'll never put a refund amount in an email
• We'll use the tax year from 1 April to 31 March in income tax assessments